Dignity, grease, and pizza: comparing intelligent assistantsJoe Steel compares the intelligent assistant landscape by way of food orders — and by "food" I mean "pizza."
Don't forget about the food!
These days I'd be shocked to see an intelligent assistant demo without some sort of food-ordering demonstration. If your virtual assistant hits the market and it can't order takeout for me, you're doing it wrong.
Because the main players in the virtual assistant space have this functionality (in some shape or form), it's a good means of comparison for the different platforms. Joseph Rosensteel took to his Unauthoritative Pronouncements blog to compare the various assistants.
Google Assistant
A key part of Google Assistant's demo was that it could order things for you through services Google has partnered with, like GrubHub or Instacart. Since this is a platform that permits third party developers, competitors like Postmates or Amazon Prime Now could theoretically integrate the same way …
This kind of stuff excites me. Much like a huma...
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Dignity, grease, and pizza: comparing intelligent assistants
